title: Pneumococcal abscess presenting as an anterior mediastinal mass in an eight-year-old child.
authors.affiliation: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Department of Anesthesiology/Critical Care Medicine, Memphis, TN 38101-0318.
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Tobias
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Bozeman
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008477:Mediastinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011008:Pneumococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed